OH DEAR !

[FUJI]

Oh Dear !  ?  is exactly the right exclamation.

Because when I had my SONY gear I paid an absolute fortune for a SONY dedicated Macro Lens...an  f 2.8-100 mm if my memory serves me correctly.

Imagine my thought when I saw these results for the first time just now.

All shot through the ..Leica Projector lens married to the focus ring of an old Russian film camera lens. All I did was to add two Extension rings...with little loss of light throuh he straight-through barrel of the Projector lens.

I am truly amazed and delighted.

A superb Macro set up fr less than £60...with the potential to add another extension ring.to gain further magnification.

Yes! Hand focusing is dodgy, but great fun.

1: BERYY RED     2: Be SHARP MK I & II       3: EIGHT LEGS         4: TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER.

FUJI

[Denis]

I have said it more than once, but you Cyril are one innovative chap!

outstanding images from what is in fact a 'cobbled' together lens. I take my hat off to you mate

[Ryewolf]

An interesting set, they are all good but I do like that last one a lot.

[Clicker]

Love the creamy backgrounds and the last one  is super ..well done   Mr Robinson .... Making something out of almost nothing !!

[CMunzel]

Very innovative! Love that last one. Were you a Boy Scout?

[FUJI]

6 hours ago, CMunzel said:

Very innovative! Love that last one. Were you a Boy Scout?

Nope !  A Cub-Scout.....for a while yes.

I put it all down to the.....Make-do-and-mend....ethics of mine and previous generations.....my time as a jobbing joiner saw me being forced into lateral thinking where on the spot repairs were required.....plus, my years as a professional Toy-Maker, using almost anything to create lots of moving toys, use in schools and museums.

Added to these is an almost innate urge to experiment and to learn.....Love Life.

FUJI

[sjr]

Wonderful pictures, great skill in the production of both equipment and final output and the use of my favorite punctuation mark (the interrobang) brilliant.